Gaetz targeted with billboard by anti-Trump PAC

A Maryland-based political action committee has placed a billboard in Pensacola targeting Northwest Florida congressman Matt Gaetz — the first in a series of billboards the group plans to launch against Republican politicians who support President Donald Trump.

“Rep. Matt Gaetz,” reads the billboard, which went up Tuesday near the intersection of West Navy Boulevard and Cahn Street in Pensacola. “How many DUIs have you had? The voters deserve to know.”

Gaetz, then 26, was arrested in Fort Walton Beach in 2008 and charged with driving under the influence. The charge was later dropped, and despite the fact that Gaetz refused both field sobriety and breathalyzer tests, his license wasn’t suspended as dictated by Florida law. The Okaloosa County sheriff’s deputy who arrested Gaetz was later forced to resign after an internal affairs investigation into an unrelated DUI arrest.

The Gaetz billboard is the first in what the PAC’s founder Claude Taylor — a former Clinton White House staffer with some 203,000 followers on Twitter — says is a larger campaign targeting at least a half dozen congressional Republicans, including Reps. Steve King, Darrell Issa, Dana Rohrbacher, Jim Jordan, and Devin Nunes.

According to records, the 2008 incident is Gaetz’s only DUI arrest in Florida, though he has received at least 16 traffic tickets since 1999. Nonetheless, Taylor has called on Gaetz to hold a press conference to disclose how many times he’s been stopped or arrested for DUI.

“At Mad Dog PAC we aim to kick as many prominent pro Trump House Republicans in the nuts as possible,” Taylor wrote on Twitter. As of Wednesday evening, Taylor’s tweet unveiling the Gaetz billboard had been retweeted more than 2,000 times.

The PAC raised money for the billboard through Democratic fundraising site ActBlue as well as crowdfunding platform GoFundMe, where Taylor’s Gaetz-specific campaign raised some $6,200 in just over 16 hours.

The billboard will remain up “for several months,” Taylor said Wednesday.

Gaetz, elected to Congress in 2016, campaigned on hardline conservative values. (Gaetz for Congress/Special to The Pulse)

“We’re doing dozens perhaps hundreds of billboards around the country,” Taylor said. “We may or may not do another aimed at Gaetz. He earned our attention by being a Trump stooge and all around treason weasel.”

A first-term Republican, Gaetz has frequently made headlines since taking office last year. Last February, Gaetz called for the federal Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Education to be abolished. More recently, Gaetz — a vocal supporter of President Trump — has called for an investigation into former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and for former FBI Director Robert Mueller to be removed from his job as a special counsel investigating possible ties between Trump’s presidential campaign and the Russian government.

Well done Claude. These people need to be exposed and held accountable for their crimes against America. Attacking democracy and the rule of law should never be allowed to become the norm. The Republican party is shamed daily by their refusal to act in defense of their nation and choosing instead to join the ranks of those attacking it.
It seems as though the GOP is the most corrupt, criminal, treasonous political party the world has ever seen, and the public response to their behavior should not end until every one of them is removed from any position of power or influence, and the relevant Republicans investigated for their potential crimes against the United States.

@craig… what? you sound like the typical liberal…. you only endorse free speech when it is what YOU want to say or what you want to hear. Jason may be sarcastic, but, he injects a valid perspective to the comments.

And if Hilary Clinton’s father had “taken care of” her DUI issues for her, and she was running for office in Florida, Jason’s comments would actually be a valid perspective,
instead of offal. We liberals have free speech rights, too.

Matt Geatz is Lawless Caustic Filth. Of the 435 congressmen in U.S. House of Representatives,ONLY Gaetz voted NO to an Anti Human Trafficking law.He wants to Eliminate EPA-when panhandle coast could be DEVASTATED by another Oil rig disaster.He desires “privatizing” Federal &State park land for a “Navarre Pass” Private Hi-Rise beach developement..Clearly related to donations to his political race & PAC.Is he with Governor Scott or with trump to open ALL Florida coastlines to Oil drilling??? Then there’s the question of how his gay college roommate ended up murdered in their shared room??? What aboutism? What About where $300million was spent by his father Don Gaetz for Deepwater Horizon cleanup??? Then there’s the photos of Matt Gaetz with Rodger Stone & mFlynnJr(son of convicted Felon GenFlynn).We’re an USAF family here.Country Over Party!

Very painful to your group to see all the success that is being accomplished in DC! Matt is one of the most effective congressmen we have ever had and it is time the Democrats started helping instead of hurting this country!

Success? Here’s an example of #TraitorTrump’s “success”: By executive order, he repealed dozens of workplace safety regulations in the coal industry, so his buddies would make more money. Result? Over 70 workers in the coal industry have DIED in this one year – over DOUBLE the number in previous years. As a result of the #TaxScam bill: WalMart is giving workers $1000 bonuses. Of course, you had to have worked there for 20+ years to qualify. WalMart closed 63 Sam’s Club stores – most without notice to their employees. Over 4,000 employees are now unemployed. You must hate clean water, clean air, unpolluted land, underfunded schools, and you must LOVE Russia. So much winning!